Today mps will vote on the restrictions imposed in englands Third National lockdown. Prime minister Boris Johnson is expected to make a statement to the commons after the house is recalled. Meanwhile, Business Leaders are pleading for more help. Despite a further £4. 6 billon pounds thats 6. 25 billion funding package announced by the chancellor, independent retailers say the funds dont go far enough to help Small Businesses in crisis. Andrew goodacre is chief executive of the british independent retailers association. Good morning to you. What do you estimate is required for the independent retailers to stay afloat . I think we have to put it into the context that we have experience for the past ten months, so in the past a0 weeks, many non essential businesses have been closed for half of that time, and when they have been open the football has been lower than normal so this sales have been between ten and 20 lower, so we enter into an open lockdown, not sure when the end will be, a
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